NBA Basketball Odds: Nuggets Betting Favorites vs Hornets

The Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday night at 8:00pm EST when they battle at the New Orleans Arena in a game that can be seen on Cox Sports Television and NBA-TV. NBA basketball odds makers currently have the Nuggets listed as 5-point favorites against the Hornets while the game's total is sitting at 210.5 The Nuggets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-102 as 8-point favorites in NBA betting odds on Wednesday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total of 216 at online sportsbooks. Chauncey Billups scored 25 points for Denver and Carmelo Anthony added 19 points in the win.

J.R. Smith added 15 points and had the crowd out of their seats after jamming a 360 dunk off an alley-oop pass from Billups to lift Denver to their fourth straight win. "Sometimes J.R. is going to have it rolling and I can take a back seat, just facilitate," Billups said after the game. "Sometimes other guys will be going. That's the beauty of a team." Heading into tonight's game on NBA-TV, the Nuggets are 43-21 straight up on the season, 29-30-5 against the spread as favorites in NBA basketball odds and 8-2 after playing the Timberwolves. Bet Denver -5 on the road as NBA betting favorites against New Orleans with a 10% bonus.

The Hornets lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-83 as a 7.5-point underdog in NBA odds on Wednesday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total of 201.5 at online sportsbooks. David West led New Orleans with 33 points and Marcus Thornton had 11 points. The Hornets netted 26 points in the first quarter but everything went downhill shortly after only scoring 19 in the second and 17 in the third. New Orleans will also be without Peja Stojakovic for at least two weeks suffering from an abdominal strain. Heading into tonight's game on NBA-TV, the Hornets are 32-33 straight up, 30-34-1 against the spread as underdogs in NBA basketball odds and 6-4 after playing the Thunder. Bet New Orleans +5 at home as NBA betting underdogs against the Nuggets with a 10% bonus.

New Orleans is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games at home while Denver is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games. The total has gone UNDER the NBA basketball odds in 4 of the Hornets last 5 games when playing the Nuggets and UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing at home against Denver. The NBA betting total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Nuggets last 5 games when playing on the road against the Hornets. Vegas sports odds at the MGM Mirage sportsbook have the Denver Nuggets -5 favorites on the road against the New Orleans Hornets with a total of 210.5.